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Two new posts...one good, one not so much:
Which explains why he didn't mention it at SDCC. Pity...I wasn't at all fond of Egan's scripts for 'Jeremiah' so I don't have a whole lot of good feelings about MoSF any longer.
Jan
Title: Re: JMS: MoSF - Watchbird?
Author: [email protected]
Date: 5 Aug 2006 20:06:50 -0700
Message-ID: <[email protected] com>
Jan wrote:
> Found this article at the Futon Critic
> http://www.thefutoncritic.com/pr.aspx?id=20060804abc01 which says:
>
> <<Episode five is Watchbird, based on the short story by the legendary Robert
> Sheckley and written Sam Egan. The episode stars Sean Astin and James Cromwell
> and is directed by Harold Becker. In Watchbird, as society creates robotic
> droids to prevent killing before it takes place, they discover that all life
> depends on a fragile formula of killing and death.>>
>
> Written by Sam Egan?? IMDB seems to show a joint credit with you and Sam Egan
> but it may be just that he's Co-Exec. Producer? But so are a bunch of other
> people, it seems. Is that an error is did something change?
>
> The actor list is making the show look really interesting, as does the info that
> Stephen Hawking will be introducing/narrating. I don't see any info on when
> it's to air, though.
Upon reviewing the extensive revisions done up in Canada, which I
didn't see until almost time to shoot, I felt that the end product did
not reflect my work and deleted my credit. It's Egan's draft, and he
should receive appropriate credit.
<snip the rest of my post>
Author: [email protected]
Date: 5 Aug 2006 20:06:50 -0700
Message-ID: <[email protected] com>
Jan wrote:
> Found this article at the Futon Critic
> http://www.thefutoncritic.com/pr.aspx?id=20060804abc01 which says:
>
> <<Episode five is Watchbird, based on the short story by the legendary Robert
> Sheckley and written Sam Egan. The episode stars Sean Astin and James Cromwell
> and is directed by Harold Becker. In Watchbird, as society creates robotic
> droids to prevent killing before it takes place, they discover that all life
> depends on a fragile formula of killing and death.>>
>
> Written by Sam Egan?? IMDB seems to show a joint credit with you and Sam Egan
> but it may be just that he's Co-Exec. Producer? But so are a bunch of other
> people, it seems. Is that an error is did something change?
>
> The actor list is making the show look really interesting, as does the info that
> Stephen Hawking will be introducing/narrating. I don't see any info on when
> it's to air, though.
Upon reviewing the extensive revisions done up in Canada, which I
didn't see until almost time to shoot, I felt that the end product did
not reflect my work and deleted my credit. It's Egan's draft, and he
should receive appropriate credit.
<snip the rest of my post>
Title: Re: JMS's Spotlight at SDCC
Author: [email protected]
Date: 5 Aug 2006 20:19:56 -0700
Message-ID: <[email protected] com>
[email protected] wrote:
> Opie301 wrote:
> > A good man once said...
> > "All life can be broken down into moments of transition and moments of
> > revelation. This [has] the feeling of both."
> >
> > Congratulations to you, Joe.
>
> Yes, Ron Howard is one director who might be trusted with your work.
>
>
I just got back today from two days spent at Ron's farm up in
Connecticut going through the script and doing what's necessary to get
this thing up and on the rails with him and several of the brass from
Imagine, and boy, I gotta tell you, it was maybe one of the best
creative experiences I've had in a long time. To work with guys who
really know story, who when they discuss the script it's all about what
makes sense rather than giving notes out of agendas or egos...it's like
a breath of fresh air, and nice people on top of that.
It's all very exciting, they're already budgeting and doing schedules,
talking to actors, and talking about the film as a prestige project.
This was my first meeting with Ron, and it confirmed everything that
I'd heard: level-headed, incredibly smart and creative, grounded,
friendly, it's all about what makes the best story, the best scene, the
best shot.
As if this were all not enough, late Friday, after a number of
conversations with a major studio about another project -- a big-budget
historical action piece, think something along the lines of Braveheart
or Gladiator -- they called to offer me the gig. I accepted, and we're
off to the races. My first priority of course is to Changeling, but
once that's up and moving ahead, I go right to this and B5:TLT.
The script for Borrowed Lives will be going in this week to Touchstone,
and we'll see what follows thereafter. But I'm very happy with the
script at this point.
Amazing times....
jms
Author: [email protected]
Date: 5 Aug 2006 20:19:56 -0700
Message-ID: <[email protected] com>
[email protected] wrote:
> Opie301 wrote:
> > A good man once said...
> > "All life can be broken down into moments of transition and moments of
> > revelation. This [has] the feeling of both."
> >
> > Congratulations to you, Joe.
>
> Yes, Ron Howard is one director who might be trusted with your work.
>
>
I just got back today from two days spent at Ron's farm up in
Connecticut going through the script and doing what's necessary to get
this thing up and on the rails with him and several of the brass from
Imagine, and boy, I gotta tell you, it was maybe one of the best
creative experiences I've had in a long time. To work with guys who
really know story, who when they discuss the script it's all about what
makes sense rather than giving notes out of agendas or egos...it's like
a breath of fresh air, and nice people on top of that.
It's all very exciting, they're already budgeting and doing schedules,
talking to actors, and talking about the film as a prestige project.
This was my first meeting with Ron, and it confirmed everything that
I'd heard: level-headed, incredibly smart and creative, grounded,
friendly, it's all about what makes the best story, the best scene, the
best shot.
As if this were all not enough, late Friday, after a number of
conversations with a major studio about another project -- a big-budget
historical action piece, think something along the lines of Braveheart
or Gladiator -- they called to offer me the gig. I accepted, and we're
off to the races. My first priority of course is to Changeling, but
once that's up and moving ahead, I go right to this and B5:TLT.
The script for Borrowed Lives will be going in this week to Touchstone,
and we'll see what follows thereafter. But I'm very happy with the
script at this point.
Amazing times....
jms
^^ - they should be without RC... I mean if they had never been on TV or cinema a RC wouldn't be usefull
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